iNaturalist Outing #1
Header: 19/09/25 @1500 hrs, Waterloo Campus grass area before bridge across from EV3 leading to St. Paul’s Residence. Weather was about 22 Celsius, little gusts of wind, no precipitation, sunny with minor moments of cloud cover. Habitat would be classified as a grassland near a river.
Topic: ERS 346 Outing #1
On September 25, 2019 I did my first iNaturalist outing at Laurel Creek stream that runs through campus, near the bridge crossing from EV3 to the University College Residences (St. Paul’s). The area surrounding the streams edge was slightly forested with various species of trees, coniferous and deciduous, with grass lining the area between the trees and the main road leading to the stream. I heard the distinct sound of a woodpecker, but did not see what species of woodpecker it was. I’m guessing it may have been a pileated woodpecker or red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) because they are two common woodpeckers in the Region of Waterloo at the end of summer. I observed scat that looked like it was from rabbit because I see very similar scat at my cottage and it is from a jack rabbit that lives near there. The shape of the scat in comparison with an ID website also helped confirm this educated guess of an Eastern Cottontail. In the forested area that lines the section of the creek I observed, I also saw a black-capped chickadee. The defined song for the bird “chicka-dee-dee-dee” confirmed my prediction. In the stream I watched for the longest time of my outing, and I saw a mallard, and another indistinguishable duck. With research after my outing I narrowed this duck to being a Northern Pintail. I smelled lots of geese poop and saw plenty on the grass, although I did not see any common geese during my outing. I walk by this area a lot so I know geese are usually in that area, and that is why there is so much poop there. In my final minutes of observing I saw an Eastern Grey Squirrel, American Red Squirrel, and an Eastern Chipmunk. I had help confirming my animal ID’s with iNaturalist.ca. Some other tree species I noticed were oak, white birch, and beechwood.
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